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PVRESIZE(8)                            System Manager's Manual                           PVRESIZE(8)



NAME
       pvresize - Resize physical volume(s)

SYNOPSIS
       pvresize position_args
           [ option_args ]

DESCRIPTION
       pvresize resizes a PV. The PV may already be in a VG and may have active LVs allocated on it.

USAGE
       pvresize PV ...
           [    --setphysicalvolumesize Size[m|UNIT] ]
           [    --reportformat basic|json ]
           [ COMMON_OPTIONS ]

       Common options for lvm:
           [ -d|--debug ]
           [ -h|--help ]
           [ -q|--quiet ]
           [ -t|--test ]
           [ -v|--verbose ]
           [ -y|--yes ]
           [    --commandprofile String ]
           [    --config String ]
           [    --driverloaded y|n ]
           [    --lockopt String ]
           [    --longhelp ]
           [    --nolocking ]
           [    --profile String ]
           [    --version ]

OPTIONS
       --commandprofile String
              The command profile to use for command configuration.  See lvm.conf(5) for more infor‐
              mation about profiles.

       --config String
              Config settings for the command. These override lvm.conf settings.  The String arg
              uses the same format as lvm.conf, or may use section/field syntax.  See lvm.conf(5)
              for more information about config.

       -d|--debug ...
              Set debug level. Repeat from 1 to 6 times to increase the detail of messages sent to
              the log file and/or syslog (if configured).

       --driverloaded y|n
              If set to no, the command will not attempt to use device-mapper.  For testing and de‐
              bugging.

       -h|--help
              Display help text.

       --lockopt String
              Used to pass options for special cases to lvmlockd.  See lvmlockd(8) for more informa‐
              tion.

       --longhelp
              Display long help text.

       --nolocking
              Disable locking.

       --profile String
              An alias for --commandprofile or --metadataprofile, depending on the command.

       -q|--quiet ...
              Suppress output and log messages. Overrides --debug and --verbose.  Repeat once to
              also suppress any prompts with answer 'no'.

       --reportformat basic|json
              Overrides current output format for reports which is defined globally by the re‐
              port/output_format setting in lvm.conf.  basic is the original format with columns and
              rows.  If there is more than one report per command, each report is prefixed with the
              report name for identification. json produces report output in JSON format. See lvmre‐‐
              port(7) for more information.

       --setphysicalvolumesize Size[m|UNIT]
              Overrides the automatically detected size of the PV.  Use with care, or prior to re‐
              ducing the physical size of the device.

       -t|--test
              Run in test mode. Commands will not update metadata.  This is implemented by disabling
              all metadata writing but nevertheless returning success to the calling function. This
              may lead to unusual error messages in multi-stage operations if a tool relies on read‐
              ing back metadata it believes has changed but hasn't.

       -v|--verbose ...
              Set verbose level. Repeat from 1 to 4 times to increase the detail of messages sent to
              stdout and stderr.

       --version
              Display version information.

       -y|--yes
              Do not prompt for confirmation interactively but always assume the answer yes. Use
              with extreme caution.  (For automatic no, see -qq.)

VARIABLES
       PV
              Physical Volume name, a device path under /dev.  For commands  managing  physical  ex‐
              tents,  a PV positional arg generally accepts a suffix indicating a range (or multiple
              ranges) of physical extents (PEs). When the first PE is omitted, it  defaults  to  the
              start  of  the  device, and when the last PE is omitted it defaults to end.  Start and
              end range (inclusive): PV[:PE-PE]...   Start  and  length  range  (counting  from  0):
              PV[:PE+PE]...

       String
              See the option description for information about the string content.

       Size[UNIT]
              Size is an input number that accepts an optional unit.  Input units are always treated
              as base two values, regardless of capitalization, e.g. 'k' and 'K' both refer to 1024.
              The  default  input  unit  is specified by letter, followed by |UNIT.  UNIT represents
              other possible input units: bBsSkKmMgGtTpPeE.  b|B is bytes, s|S  is  sectors  of  512
              bytes,  k|K is KiB, m|M is MiB, g|G is GiB, t|T is TiB, p|P is PiB, e|E is EiB.  (This
              should not be confused with the output control --units,  where  capital  letters  mean
              multiple of 1000.)

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       See lvm(8) for information about environment variables used by lvm.  For example, LVM_VG_NAME
       can generally be substituted for a required VG parameter.

NOTES
       pvresize will refuse to shrink a PV if it has allocated extents beyond the new end.

EXAMPLES
       Expand a PV after enlarging the partition.
       pvresize /dev/sda1

       Shrink a PV prior to shrinking the partition (ensure that the PV size is appropriate for  the
       intended new partition size).
       pvresize --setphysicalvolumesize 40G /dev/sda1

SEE ALSO
       lvm(8) lvm.conf(5) lvmconfig(8)

       pvchange(8)  pvck(8)  pvcreate(8)  pvdisplay(8) pvmove(8) pvremove(8) pvresize(8) pvs(8) pvs‐‐
       can(8)

       vgcfgbackup(8) vgcfgrestore(8) vgchange(8) vgck(8) vgcreate(8) vgconvert(8) vgdisplay(8)  vg‐‐
       export(8)  vgextend(8) vgimport(8) vgimportclone(8) vgmerge(8) vgmknodes(8) vgreduce(8) vgre‐‐
       move(8) vgrename(8) vgs(8) vgscan(8) vgsplit(8)

       lvcreate(8) lvchange(8) lvconvert(8) lvdisplay(8) lvextend(8) lvreduce(8)  lvremove(8)  lvre‐‐
       name(8) lvresize(8) lvs(8) lvscan(8)

       lvm-fullreport(8) lvm-lvpoll(8) lvm2-activation-generator(8) blkdeactivate(8) lvmdump(8)

       dmeventd(8) lvmpolld(8) lvmlockd(8) lvmlockctl(8) cmirrord(8) lvmdbusd(8)

       lvmsystemid(7) lvmreport(7) lvmraid(7) lvmthin(7) lvmcache(7)



Red Hat, Inc.                     LVM TOOLS 2.03.11(2) (2021-01-08)                      PVRESIZE(8)
pvresize(8)
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION USAGE OPTIONS
-d|--debug ... -h|--help --longhelp --nolocking -q|--quiet ... -t|--test -v|--verbose ... --version -y|--yes
VARIABLES ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES NOTES EXAMPLES
pvresize /dev/sda1 pvresize --setphysicalvolumesize 40G /dev/sda1
SEE ALSO

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